High Coffee Prices Bolster Africa's Biggest Exporter's Earnings
For a decade, Uganda has been in a push to quadruple output to 20 million 60-kilogram (132-pound) sacks of the bean. Authorities handed out seedlings and directed resources toward soil-fertility management, rehabilitating trees and training farmers to meet the goal.
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